Telegram-herald., 1887-11-05
A TALK WITH KELLAR
rHe NsoloiAN AND His TRAVELS
a Tear er several Hears Arsssc tAs
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a khi. sTsp3r.sr or Iss IELEsKAs- HEkALp
wsi.sa upon the wonderful ksl.Ar In LA
dress a. room- 'slt down lusl = uiRuts
ssi3 tae fgssncisn 'Frst allow me
afo6ues yoa 10 ~ Mrs ksilkr
fhis fellow over IN the corner j.
Psy 40. lOa can iutsryles hlm # yoa
went 81. bat snu afraid you will hnd him
hari ra.uPing as be ls pretty Tired after his
ghts aorE"
Aeer tidy slowing sSsy his wardrobe
Ar. keilaF was informed that the reporter
des r,~s to rive him q general introduction
. tte ppsAc 81 Grand RAPIDS through the
nesium OF iHg IFlEaKAN- hKgAID, aud
sssed II be wOui1 ECt felste some OF his
ekpsri icaces since De had been pursuing his
Az a. a master OF tFlcksry or phliosophl-
60 science OF whsteyeg he l. pleased 10 term
AS talent.
Ar. k@lisr most cheerfnlly consented 10
the REQUEST lie sOld the reporter many IN
ieresling anecdotes. enough 20 nj Seyefai
columns II they were published word Tor
qofd As he told them. lie is native
Ainsr ricsn and lives "A Erie. Penn, when
not travelling he Travelled in Central
Euroos. Japan India and Eastern Europe
from 1871 10 1855 aud has amused almost
every one from the sUperstlu0uS Chinese 10
ths King 0i Bufmsh.
In commencing his talk Mr.. kellar
stated thai he had acquired bis talent for
proiuciag the marvellous tricks which be
does by sheer hard work. IL was tie result
OF plenty OF hsrt work AID many tedious
hours o inves 'igAuOn.
'Wfll y0a want some stories do youY
Wei. | w,i tell you. the Rrst one that comes
IN my mind. Ii occurred while wns per
forming IN Calcutta. Fred Collins
who was Ey assistant was pass
| ing by club house one day.
| Thsrs'us number OF native. outside eat
| ing. As Collins passed shesn his shacow
| was thrown across them by the sun. This
| 50 nfuria'ed the natives mat they threw
| dishes at Collins. Thinking IN their super
| stiti0n that Il was pollution itself ~ have
| the shadow Of white man fail aero.
| them. they were proceeding, t0 use m
| American phrase To 90 Collins uD when |
| happened along The natives ceasej iheir
| nslaught on Collins and crying IN alarm
| "Nautch walla.. sahib." fell down on their
| faces and bowed 10 me- They considered
| me the white devil and believed that 1
| could put spell on them If | wished 10. /
| did not try to change their impression. i,
| was quite an advantage for M 70 have
| them remain in that faith. WHAT 10
| think of the snake charfners ol lndlKf'
/ think they are very much overTaled. MANY
| of the. tricks are simple and STUPID
and interest people more probably ioT
| the reason that they are done by
hsck men. Ii performed by white men
/ they would not BE- tolerated. Oae OF these
| snake charmers came 20 my room one day
| while IN India and proposed TO show me
| some tricks. ! had just arisen nom ny
| bed Il was sort OF camp bed. the kind IN
| use there. The jdggler introduced himself
| bv saving there b. heap snske ia To1I
| room, / told him Il get out. that | did Dol
| wsnt any juggler around me. He again
| repeated: Heap snake IA your room" He
then opened bag. took on lsgeolet,
| and began 10 Play dismal SOFT o
! tune soon the two sheets Oh tie bed
| commenced 70 move. and soon assumed a
| sort of a tent shape. IN minute more
| cobra l0ur feet long showed his head from
| among the sheets, ant soO0 bersr
| 10 dance on lis tail and his
furiously. lie assumed al attitude a
though he was about 10 strike. wnen the
assistant OF the conjaror GU the snake IN
half with sharp sword. Jne cobra was
evidently an untamed one. The co9iu RET
then went over into the corner OF the roo m
and though the floor was perfect,
bare, By peculiar motion OF th'
| arms he ma,erialized another max
1t was about ten feet long. Is shave
| good deal ike N eel of a ereen sd back col 7
a little animal called lnongOOse was tnel
produced IL is peculiar species. with
large fat tail which grows down to poin'
The animal showed hight ind Grabbed to-
snake by the head. The snake n turn triel
| 10 twist itself around the mongO0ses body
but could not get death ggip on him. IT,
mongoose chewed the snakes head into
| Jelly. The magician then told m'
| to touch the snake with sticl
which be held in his hand. I did s.
Then he chewed red substance which he
afterwards carefully spread over the snake :
| head, and 1t Immediately grew II Its orig
inal shape. Thst was trick that puzz'el
ma ] could in no way account for A.
Mr.. Kel ar recounted oDeo rtw incident.
which proved conclusively that the f&T
| famed Indian couiurer Tesorted % even
cheaper and less mysterious tricks than the
l white man.
How did the Chinese receive your eute-.
tainmeun
II made four tours in China aud each on
was q success in every VIZ. Now ] suppos
you are visiting for another incident u hi
1 Vas playing an engagement at the thesir
| R0ysi. in Hong Kong, two Chinese IUer
| chants engaged me 20 plsv q four night
| engagement al the Chinese theatre. An
| 90 you Know that The Chinese are an intelii
| gent. refined people IL is mostly the COO ies
| the lower class that we see here ia AneriCs
| TIE first night that | gave performance II
| this theatre. duriur the cabinet seaDce be-
two fat Ch.8snes come up from tn
| au tience 70 inspect the cabinet The in
tersfefer told them that IA q cabinet wss tia
devil box. After I played The guitars en-.
ranr the bplis il 'ue cabinet. and a. the in
sDecfors opened the door. one Of the tam
bourne rolled out on tns hoor. A. on
| of tse Cinnamon sto0ped 20 examine M
wrists his conpauio0 BIZ him on the hsa'
with the tambourins. lie iook around an
noticing that bis friend seem-d bent on IN
| curing into the mystery as much s. bia. 80
he becsfne eslarrned and fe3 from the tnea ~
He SIS fssifuliv frightened an u3 n0
b persuaded % return. tie sad be 1Id n
VAT snv more ol ftst fore 60 devil
NJ ksIlaf siso gave detailed descrin
iion of . tfip in Bafnah. where ~ Msa1s
az be gsve p syecial psf0fmsDcs .o
Ifse kng he vas net on
~av g. tie CITY by lot
eispbsnfs and uefivss and ess3fIet % th.
"a 40 where the - -e-ts .r-arrf vas rlrf
A temporary s5sgs vhs erec - i1 =
s1l saes roam 0f TIE ksg D4fiar ft-
peTfors1snes the kins sHI his zises a.
csuFHers took pJsitions near t1e stage bs
hls6 rseEs . asrs hes e9a3 80 ptbou
hslnz seen. Iss 1fsrior sstea ls1ts t5rsy
themselves On theiY hsnrs sad knees nss
sas Sage. At TIE conclusion O
/ - rzrf-srrrsriee fhe kine yas - plesrp'
% ~ kinslY face aad lnsist@1 on 3eis p
irg bin a. ths "a scs so nssiae hin hi
-.rsl cor i1ror Ins fnsKiclsn psYsusae.
thsr - slo~ him r. 0erzrt after dstsn
tor % fsn asrs % promise thsf ,. pssl
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